Hi.
I know that are many threads here regarding this issue but now is time to post my watch problem and cause.
I fell a couple days ago in the woods from the MTB (easy fall) and the watch rubbed against some gravel with dirt.
The result: scratched screen.
I know that a large theory was made that Garmin's sapphire is not as sapphire as we the customers would think and the glass is not made by Garmin and the glass is not scratch proof and other silly stuff for 3 years kids.
These are kindergarten sleeping spells.
Sapphire is sapphire.
Colorless Synthetic Sapphire is used for the screen because it is the second hardest mineral behind Diamond. This is what we the customers should receive not silly fake glass.
It is only scratched by a diamond. This window was scratched by a simple small stone who is breaking if you hit it with asphalt and is not as tough as diamond.
So for a $ 1,000 watch (that's how much I paid when it appeared) this sapphire glass is a mess.
I have a $ 200 Seiko watch (also with sapphire glass) that I scratched off a corner of the stainless steel metal railing and as the sound rang I thought it was cut in half but it doesn't have the slightest trace and this glass in a watch worth a thousand dollars .....to scratch a pebble seems absolutely outrageous.
No matter what theories one might come up with to say I'm wrong, a sapphire crystal is not scratched unless you rub it with a diamond or a diamond hard stone, not with gravel in the woods or on the plains.
This watch is simply a scam.
https://ibb.co/sF51kQB
https://ibb.co/tDp019q
This is a actual picture taken before the crash on that road:
